Wilson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 99 — Prosecution Against R. H. Wilson, for Violating the Dental Law. APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT-WEED S. CHELE, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Defendant Convicted on Three Indictments and Appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The provisions of the acts regulating dentistry in this State place an arbitrary requirement and restriction on dentists who engaged in the practice prior to the passage of said acts.
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Case 99 — Prosecution Against R. H. Wilson, for Violating the Dental Law. APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT-WEED S. CHELE, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Defendant Convicted on Three Indictments and Appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The provisions of the acts regulating dentistry in this State place an arbitrary requirement and restriction on dentists who engaged in the practice prior to the passage of said acts. That said acts in so far as the same apply to such dentists deprive them of liberty and property without due process of law and deny them the equal protection of the law and are void. State v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE BARKER
Affirming in part.
The law under which these prosecutions were had is an act entitled “An act to amend the charter of the Kentucky State Dental Association,” approved May 10, 1886 (2 Acts 1885-86, pp. 528, 524, c. 1017), which, so far as pertinent, is as follows:
“Section 1. The board of examiners of the Kentucky State Dental Association shall keep a record, in which shall be registered the names and residence or place of business of all persons authorized under this act to practice dentistry or denial surgery in this State.
“Sec. 2. Every person now legally…
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- In Re SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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